Jon Ronson Quotes

The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a devalued term, and it's making us lose our capacity for empathy and for distinguishing between serious and unserious transgressions.

Jon Ronson

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EmpathyFreeChooseLoseSeriousUs

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

Jet Li

HeroYourselfProblemYouHowShows

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

Johann Lamont

MyselfProudPrideFeelI CanGames

We cannot continue to ask the brave men and women of our Armed Forces to put their lives on the line to protect our country while we jeopardize their safety by failing to ensure that Defense Department funds are not siphoned off to warlords in Afghanistan.

John F. Tierney

WomenMenSafetyBraveCountryLine

I think, when you become a politician, if you talk about religion too much, you're pandering or something.

Amy Chozick

ReligionThinkYouToo MuchBecome

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

Steve Earle

ReligionThoughtEnemyRealTaliban

They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front.

Tom Udall

ForwardTryingUpLegislationMove

Saudi Arabia was, until just a few years ago, probably one of the most safe countries on earth. And now the paper is daily full of activities and shootouts between Islamists who supported Osama bin Laden and the government there.

Michael Scheuer

DailyGovernmentEarthNowYears

If I was going to direct an episode of 'Younger', I wanted it to look like an episode of 'Younger.'

Miriam Shor

LookGoingLikeYoungerDirect

Everyone has different ways of defending themselves.

Luis Suarez

EveryoneDifferentWaysDefending

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

Dolly Parton

WorkGoodWomenLuckBetterReason

I'm a Jesuit when it comes to structure, but I really think that structure is defined by character. Everything serves that master.

Chris Eigeman

CharacterThinkStructureEverything

I collect vintage cars, so you always find them in my books.

Clive Cussler

VintageYouFindAlwaysBooksThem

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